THEATER REOPENED - JUST BEFORE 10:00. TONIGHT WE'RE PUSHING FOR NEW ANSWERS ABOUT A POLICE K-9 THAT BIT A FOUR- YEAR- OLD GIRL. KMBC 9'S DIANE CHO REPORTS FROM OTTAWA, KANSAS, WITH HOW IT COULD HAPPEN. IT WAS A COLD MONDAY MORNING ON DECEMBER 2ND WHEN AUTHORITIES SAY THE CHILD'S MOTHER HIT A DEER ON THIS RURAL ROAD IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. NATS RAILROAD THE DEPUTY WHO RESPONDED TO THE CALL - ENDED UP BEING A K9 HANDLER. 36.10 HE TOLD HER THAT SHE AND THE CIHLD COULD GET IN HIS VEHICLE TO STAY WARM HE GOT IN CLEARED OUT THE FRONT SEAT TOLD HER THERE WAS A DOG IN THE BACK HE SAYS APPARENTLY SHE MISUNDERSTOOD THE DEPUTY - THINKING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT K9 WAS NEAR THE BACK OF THE SUV BY THE TRUNK AND MISTAKENLY OPENED THE BACK PASSENGER DOOR WHERE THE DOG WAS KEPT - THAT'S WHEN HE SAYS THE DOG BIT THE 4-YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL. CLIP 111 41.33 THE DOG IS TRAINED TO PROTECT ITS HANDLER, THE OFFICER OR THE DEPUTY IN THIS CASE AND ITS TERRITORY WHICH IS THAT VEHICLE 41.45???? THEY'RE A WORKING DOG NOT A PET SO THAT DOG REACTED THAT WAY BC IT PERCEIVED A THREAT TO ITS ENVIORNMENT AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S TRAINED TO DO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE GIRL'S INJURIES WERE MINOR. THE COUNTY SAYS IT